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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
Loved the visual interest and how the author seemlessly wove her autobiography with history.
I have a hard time with graphic novels and probably wouldn't have read this one if it wasn't assigned for a class. But it was so good, great as a memoir and as a book about women's sports history. I definitely want to learn more about some of the earliest soccer (ahem "football" as many of them were in the UK) players like the Dick, Kerr ladies in the early 1900s. Kelcey Ervick clearly did great research, not just into the history of women's sports and Title IX but into her own past, quoting her diaries, her mom's coverage of her games, her coach's video tapes of their team's triumphs. And most of all I loved the end of Chapter 13, which is the real end of the book. (The chapter after is more of an epilogue.) Without going into spoilers, the last page encapsulates everything she's achieved and everything women are capable of.
Utterly adored this book. Football (soccer), feminism and writing! Can’t rate it highly enough. Beautifully written and illustrated, thought provoking and poignant, and a little history education along the way. Ka pai!!
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Heartily enjoyed this. Learned a lot and came away from it inspired on multiple levels. 4.5 stars, very nicely done.
A melancholy, wandering memoir about soccer, title ix, and growing up.
Wow! I feel like this was a book about me and my experiences playing softball throughout my childhood, teen years, and having to make difficult decisions, being a woman, an athlete, A mother, A teacher, the history, and the fight for women's rights and equality.
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Title IX for the win
Plus history
Plus her own coming of age story
Plus history
Plus her own coming of age story